Which REL subs for ProAc One SCs?


Bass was fine in my 11x12x8 room. I'm moving into a new home with living room, dining room, and kitchen all forming one space with 12 foot ceilings, and a hall going off to one side at the kitchen.

I'm hoping subs will let me keep the One SCs which I love, and it seems RELs are popular.

Which ones should I use, and do I need two?

Thanks
Jim

Music Reference RM-9, Conrad-Johnson PV5, Creek CD 43 Mk II, Scott tuner.
river251
As SC53 noted, a well implemented subwoofer usually does not need to be set at high gain and/or high crossover frequency. This is particularly true when music, and not home theater special effects, is a priority.

Multiple subwoofers are used to get a more even bass response, it is NOT generally utilized to get more bass. This issue was discussed extensively in this forum a few days ago; see:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?bhome&1398310409&openfrom&1&4#1

You don't "need" two, but the results are usually better with two or more.
Thanks much for the replies guys. I'm so glad to hear that I may be able to still use the One SCs. I love their tonality and imaging. I'll start looking for a REL sub.

With your setups, you did not pass the lows to the monitors, just the subs? I can see this would put much less demand on the ProAcs.

I only listen to 2 channel music, jazz.

Jim
The REL "high level" connection via the Neutrik Speakon cable connects directly to the speaker terminals of your power amp for the most balanced implementation possible of the subwoofer. The Neutrik cable has three strands, yellow, red and black; the yellow and red connect to the positive terminals of your amp, the black is a ground that connects to a negative terminal. That's all you have to do before you start listening and tuning the dials on the REL. By all means plan to use this connection, not the "low level" RCA-type connections to the REL. It will come with a detailed manual explaining all this.
I use a REL Strata III with ProAc D30R.. My room is 15x 25 works great have the crossover at 34hz.. I've been considering a upgrade but it's down on the list after my PS Audio DirectStream Dac upgrade and my Auralic Aries..
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